Man Eaters of Kumaon

Man-Eaters of Kumaon, perhaps the best known of Corbett's books, contains ten fascinating stories of tracking and shooting man-eaters in the Indian Himalayas during the early years of the last century. Enlivened by descriptions of flora, fauna, and village life, part of the power of Corbett's writing derives from the maddening faithfulness with which the recalls and recreates the smallest details of his hunts. A timeless classic.

[Corbett] has written with rich insight and deep intimacy about the wild animals of the forest. When Man-Eaters of Kumaon was published, the book became a worldwide best-seller, was translated into a dozen languages, and even Imade into a Hollywood film-Ramachandra Guha in Lives in the Wilderness

Jim Corbett as a person remains as elusive in these pages as the leopards and tigers he tracked down. .. He left a large place in his heart not only for the denizens of the jungles but for the poor too whom he called the soul of India.-The Sunday Statesman